When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.

You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

In football, it’s the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

I came, I saw, I conquered.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it’s really let us down.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

I do some kind of work, whether writing or painting or recording, on a daily basis. And it’s so essential that when I’m involved in the actual process, my so-called ‚real life‘ becomes almost incidental, which becomes worrying.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

The humanists‘ replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you’ll either save yourself or you’ll be immortal. Of course, that’s a total joke, and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but there’s no ethical progress whatsoever.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

I’m chasing perfection.

What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren’t proud of what you’re doing, why should anybody else be?

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours – as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

I don’t want a brat on my team.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

We need a president who will choose to do what’s best for the country, even when it doesn’t personally benefit them.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Before finding music, I didn’t have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

When I’m in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself ‚why?‘

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.